I can't call myself the most patriotic person but if you are looking for a guy that have something good to say about his life in the army, I will tell you I am your man. I did try my best to get into command school which I didn't manage to because of my not-so-strong physique. I got myself posted to school of Signal and became a signaler and later spent my active days in the army as a signaler. I must say that those days are one of the most interesting and fun days of my life. You can't find another chance to stay in a room with 9 other men doing silly things together the country proud. Although there's a lot of things in the Army that I believe we can see significant improvement but there's one thing I have to give it to SAF and that is our beloved SAF No.4.

For friends who knows me well enough knows that I do a lot of house hold chore from cleaning to mopping to cooking (i try) but ironing is really one of those things that I really really really hate. Like I always tell people "If I iron a shirt to meet you, you must be someone important to me." So yeah, no.4 need no ironing to make you look smart at all. Unless we are talking about parade standard.

2. It is the most comfortable (Pyjamas)

Not as sexy but okay.

If you have served the army before, you will know how magical no.4 is when it comes to making you sleep. It makes one able to sleep anytime, anywhere and in any weather condition. It will make cold days feel warm and hot day feel cooling. This is really a state of the art technology. I have friends who bring them overseas as pyjamas when he was studying aboard. #TrueStory

3. POCKETS POCKETS POCKETS!!

Do you know how many pockets are there on our no.4? Not 1, not 2, not 3,4,5,6 but 10 in total. 4 on our top and 6 on our pants. You have no clue how convenient that is and it's not even ugly or make you look stupid. Can you imagine your how ugly will your shirt or pants be if there's 10 pockets?

So how do we usually use these pockets?

Left Side Pants Pocket - Jockey Cap

Right Side Pants Pocket - Power Bank

Right Ass Pants Pocket - Wallet

Left Ass Pants Pocket - Empty

Right Pants Pocket - Handphone

Left Pants Pocket - Bunk Keys

Left Chest Pocket - Black Note Book + Pen

Right Chest Pocket - Empty

Bottom Left Shirt Pocket - 11B (For easy scanning at Cook House)

Bottom Right Shirt Pocket - Car Keys

See! We practically kept more things on our body over a woman's clutch.

Image: http://handbagdujour.com/

I suspect all they keep is their handphone and condoms. Not even trojan magnum. Only okamoto i think. (If you get what I mean)

4. You don't have to wash it daily

Okay, to be honest, some people smells really bad in their sweaty no.4 but generally you do not need to have 5 sets of no.4 just for 1 week of activity in camp. The golden rule is 1 set for office and admin work and 1 set for anything dirty. So basically we rotate two sets of no.4 uniforms. We just air it or febreze it. It's that simple. Try that with your usual work clothes and you might just get fired for that.

There you have it, that's the 4 reasons why I love my no.4. For those who are unfamiliar, basically why it is known as the number 4 is simply because it is a numbering system of uniform. Instead of calling it the "green one" or the "office shirt", we do it with a numbering system. I was trying to find the different uniform but i guess it's not properly uploaded thus I didn't managed to find it off google but I remember reading it off pioneer magazine before.

Anyway, since I am away for reservist you probably gonna see less of me online. Not sure if that's good news for you but here's a music to keep you entertained while I'm away. (Also, totally doing it under the influence of my #BBFF behindtheback BehindTheBasics - Jac.)